Auxiliary headlight bracket for motor vehicles



July 2 1929. ITH 1.719.566

AUXILIARY HEADLIGHT BRACKET FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Dec. 3, 1927 manna-//g Gwen m Patented July 2, 1929. i j i v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY G. SMITH, OF SALINA, KANSAS.

AUXILIARY HEADLIGHT BRACKET FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Application filed December 3, 1927. Serial No. 237,459.

The present invention is directed to imtions 8 and 9, the former beingintegral parts provements in auxiliary headlight brackets of the arms 6,while the latter are secured'for for motor vehicles. cooperation withthe former by clamping The primary object of the invention is to bolts10. Obviously, when the sections 8 and provide a device of thischaracter .so con- 9 are in assembled relationship semi-circularstructed that it can be conveniently attached sockets 11 are provided,the purpose of which to a. motor vehicle in order that the auxiliarywill be later explained. The auxiliary headheadlights will be mountedbetween the usual lights 12 are provided with pedestals 1.3, havheadlights, the construction of the bracket ing upon their lower endsrounded heads 14 being such that the auxiliary headlights can adapted toengage in the socket-s 11. be easily adjusted when desireijl. Clampingbolts 15 are employed for se- Another object of the invention is toprocuring the brackets to the brace bar 1, said vide a device of thiskind which is extremely bolts being passed between the bars of thesimple in construction, easy to apply and one loops 5 and through thebar 1, there being which can be mamifactured at a very small washers l6engaged upon the bolts, said wash cost, ers being engaged with the barsof the loops With these and other objects in View, this as clearly shownin Figure 3 of the drawings. invention resides in the novel features ofThe bra ckets can. be easily applied or a reconstruction, forn'iation,combination and armoved, and when in place upon the bar 1 will rangementof parts to be hereinafter more be firmly secured thereto by said bolts.

fully described, claimed and illustrated in the It will be obvious thatthe auxiliary head- 6 accompanying drawing, in which lights can beadjusted in order that the rays Figure l is a. front elevation of thebracktherefrom can be directed in any desired et showing the same inplace upon a motor spot upon the roadway.

vehicle. If desired the bracket may be secured to Figure 2 is afragmentary front view of. the brace. bar 1 in inverted position inorder the bracket on an enlarged scale. that the headlights will bepositioned, below Figure- 3 is a side elevation, the brace bar said bar.

being shown in section. Having thus described the invention, I

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view through claim one of the socketmembers. The combination with the brace bar of a Referring to thedrawing, 1 designates a motor vehicle, of a bracket consisting of a.conventional form of brace bar which exsingle length of material bent,upon itself tends between the usual headlight 2 of a to provideoppositely opposed teriiiinalloops, motor vehicle, and it is upon thisbar that the said loops having their upper members proauxiliaryheadlights 3 are supported by the vided with. vertically disposed. arms,laterally s0 improved bracket. spaced, bolts passable through the loopsand The bracket 4: employed is formed from a. bar for maintaining thebracket clamp to single length of. stout stock and is bent to prosaidbar, and auxiliary headlights connected vide terminal loops 5, the upperarms of said with said vertical arms and universally adloops terminatingin vertical arms 6, said justable thereto. s5 arms being laterallyspaced. In testin'iony whereof I aflix my signature.

Carried upon the upper ends of the arms 6 are socket members 7 whichconsist of sec- HARVEY G. SMITH. [L s]

